Xylorycta is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae. Xylorycta species are found in Africa and Australia and are strongly associated with the plant family Proteaceae, being found on Hakea, Lambertia, Grevillea, Leptospermum, Macadamia, Oreocallis, Persoonia and Telopea. The larvae of some species bore into stems or branches, or the flower spikes of Banksia, but most live in a silk gallery spun in the foliage.[1]

Xylorycta
Xylorycta stereodesma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Xylorycta
Meyrick, 1890
Species

About 60 species; see text for details.

Synonyms
  • Neodrepta Turner, 1898

The genus was first published by amateur entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1890 in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. It is currently placed in the family Xyloryctidae. In older classifications it was placed in the subfamily Xyloryctinae, in the family Oecophoridae.[2]

Species

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Former species

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References

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  1. ^ Common, Ian Francis Bell (1990). Moths of Australia. Melbourne University Press. 0-522-84326-3.
  2. ^ "Xylorycta". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Retrieved 2007-05-16.